I wasn't aware that criticism of judge's decisions contributed to a climate of violence, and constituted a threat to the independence of the judiciary.
Every decision of a judge is backed by an implied use of the force of the state.
Cordially,
Jones won't discuss details of the e-mails, or where they might have come from, but he said they concerned the U.S. Marshals Service.
So, in the week before Christmas, marshals kept watch over Jones and his family.
While no single e-mail may have reached the level of a direct threat, Jones said, the overall tone was so strident, marshals "simply determined the tenor was of sufficient concern that I ought to have protection."
"They decided to err on the side of caution," he said.
Doesn't sound like mere "criticism" of Judge Jones' opinion is at issue here.